US show’s finding on ‘Ram Setu’ reaffirms our stand, says BJP

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The claim made in a new show of a US science channel that the 'Ram Setu' between India and Sri Lanka is man-made has reaffirmed BJP's stand on the issue, the party said on Wednesday, asserting that it believes in the existence of Lord Ram.

"It is unfortunate that Congress has always been apologetic when it came to respecting Hindu religion. I wish once and for all this debate (on Ram Setu) is settled. We should respect Ram Setu and no damage should be done to it," Union minister Piyush Goyal told a press conference.

His Cabinet colleague and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also hit out at the UPA government for an affidavit in the Supreme Court which had questioned the belief among Hindus that the land bridge was built by Lord Ram to reach then Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, as depicted in the epic Ramayana.

"Those who filed the affidavit should explain now. The research has supported what BJP has been claiming all along...The setu is part of our cultural heritage," Prasad told reporters here. In a promo for its upcoming show, the channel quotes an archaeologist that the rocks on top of sand pre-date the sand. "This is what BJP has been saying all along," minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju said here.

BJP, Goyal said, is not apologetic about its love for Lord Ram and for the party functionaries he was an ideal human being. "A secular democratic framework allows each Indian to respect his religion. We are proud of our religion and we are proud of every religion in India," he said. (Times of India)

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Hautaum Friday, 15 December 2017 10:31 AM

In history, it was real or fiction or likely real. Name of Rama, Christ, Allah, Buddha and Shiva are some sort of philosophies to keep humanity.It is fueling in to the history to get fire as showing picture now.

Land of who's Friday, 15 December 2017 01:59 PM

There is a difference between philosophies

nick Friday, 15 December 2017 10:47 AM

First they supported ltte to catch the country now coming up with this nonsense but one thing is confirm that Adam was first landed in Adams peak & he maybe used his feet that time to travel so maybe that time it was fixed... via DM Android App

BBM Friday, 15 December 2017 02:02 PM

I don't think non Buddhist visitors to Adams peak worship Adam.

Sammy Friday, 15 December 2017 01:05 PM

@nick you are so prejudiced as to scientific denounce evidence as nonsense. What has LTTE got to do with this? What nonsense are you stating about Adam?

Grace Friday, 15 December 2017 01:06 PM

It is a ruse by certain International corporate to build a huge hotel in the place where the bridge begins

Sammy Friday, 15 December 2017 01:09 PM

Nick, how can scientific evidence be nonsense? Your story about Adam is nonsense. What has Ltte got to do with this?

sena Friday, 15 December 2017 01:54 PM

coming colours not good

Kumara Friday, 15 December 2017 02:11 PM

Is this a reliable scientific research? Some researches carried out in Lumbini say that Siddartha Gautama was born 200 years earlier.

NA Friday, 15 December 2017 02:41 PM

Shows us the links to that "research" in Lumbini.

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